Electrical cooking apparatus.



No. H6366.- Patented Dec. 23, I902. M. BAYNO.

ELECTRICAL COOKING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1902.)

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(Application filed Feb. 19, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE BAYNO, OF CEDARHURST, NEW YORK.

ELECTRICAL COOKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,366, dated December23, 1902.

Application filed February 19, 1902. Serial No. 94,731. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE BAYNO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedarhurst, Queens county, in the State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrical CookingApparatoe, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to electrical cooking apparatus, more particularlyto that class of cooking devices adapted for broiling or baking; and theinvention has for its object to provide a simple and practical cookingapparatus wherein the cooking or broiling will take place with a minimumamount of current and with rapidity and efiectiveness.

To these and other ends the invention con sists in the novel details ofimprovement and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of my improved cookingapparatus. Fig. 2 is a section thereof, taken on the line so a: ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention.Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of the same, taken on thealine y yof Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is asection of Fig. 4, taken on the lines alookingin the direction of the arrows, showing in side elevation thearrangement of the heating-coils and insulating-posts.

Like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the severalfigures. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in Figs. 1 and 2 I have shownone form of my invention adapted for broiling and the like and which Iterm a duplex broiler-box, although it will be understood that withslight variation the same may be utilized for cooking purposes otherthan broiling. This dupleX broiler-box is shown in the form of a casing1, which may have its side walls made of two sheets of metal 2 2,forming a space between them, within which is located fireproof material3, (as asbestos,) and the front wall 4. of the casing is provided withopenings having doors 5, through which broiler-irons 6 may be passed.These doors are provided with notches 5, adapted to close over thehandles of the broiler-irons. The casing is or may be provided with aremovable or sliding top or cover 7, Figs. 1 and 2, which may beextended outwardly and rest upon a swinging bracket or other support 7,located at the side of the casing, as shown, Fig. 1, thus providing ashelf.

Within the casing and between the side walls thereof are locatedelectric heating coils or wires 8, maintained in position by means ofhorizontally-disposed insulating posts or blocks 9, and by preferencethese heating-wires are carried in suitable lines around theinsulating-posts, (see Fig. 5,) the said posts being provided withgrooves 9, which in Fig. 2 are shown so located as to provide spaces toreceive the wires 8, and for the purpose of regulating the amount ofheat produced said wires may be arranged in two independent circuits,and suitable switches may be independently connected with these circuitsto enable the current to traverse either of the circuits separately orboth together, similar to that shown in my companion application.

10 indicates a support within the casing and at each side thereof,preferably foraminous, as a perforated plate, and carrying theinsulating-posts 9, around which the wires 8 pass. The supports 10 arepreferably independent of the casing and removable therefrom, and forthis purpose I have shown the front and rear walls of the casingprovided with guideways, or grooves maybe provided by anglepieces 11,attached to the end walls, whereby the supports 10 can be lifted out andare maintained in a vertical position, asp ace 12;

being preferably provided between the supf 7 ports 10 and the side wallsof the casing for the passage or circulation of heat. The supports 10are shown located near opposite sides of the casing, forming anintermediate space or chamber, and in said space I provide a support 13,having posts 9 and wires 8, similar to those above described, thesupport 13 being shown in the form of two parallel sections 13 13,provided with openings 13, Fig. 1, for the passage of heat. This support13 divides the casinginto two compartments 15 15, Figs. 1 and 2, inwhich several broilers 6 can be utilized at the same time, from which itwill be seen that when the heating-wires connected with the centralsupport 13 and either one of the heat will be applied to the articlebeing broiled simultaneously on both sides of the latter, and when allthree of the heating appliances are being used the article carried bytwo broilers can each be heated on opposite sides simultaneously. Itwill be evident that the casing may be made of such size that the samemay be divided into a plurality of compartments 15 15 for thesimultaneous broiling or cooking of numerous articles of food. Thesupport 13 is preferably made removable from the casingin manner similarto that described with respect to the supports 10, as by being supportedin grooves or the like of the angle-pieces 11, Fig. 1. The casing has abottom plate 17, upon which the supports 10 and 13 may rest, Fig. 2, andbeneath the compartments 15 15 are trays or drip-pans 18. Above thedrip-pans are supports 19, upon which the broilers 6 may rest, and inFig. 2 I have shown pans 20, provided with openings in their bottoms,carried by the supports 19 and in which the broilers may stand. It willbe understood, of course, that when the device is used for broiling thesliding cover 7 is closed over the top of the casing; but for somepurposes the same may be removed or extended outwardly to the positionshown in Fig. 1, so that the heat emanating from the compartments 15 15may be utilized for cooking articles placed upon the open top of thecasing.

In Figs. 3 and 4: I have shown another form of broilerbox embodying myinvention, which is constructed of a double sheet-metal casing 1, havingfireproof material 3 between the sheets 2 2, and at one end is anopening provided with a door or closure 5, shown provided with notches5, adapted to close over the handle of a broiler-iron or the like 6,Fig. 3. Within this broiler-box are two sets or series ofinsulating-posts 9, located on opposite sides, providing a space betweenthem for the broiler-irons, and heating-coils 8 are supported. by saidposts 9 (see Fig. 4) in manner similar to the coils and postshereinbefore described. A suitable switch may be provided to control thepassage of current through the coils 8. Between the opposing series ofinsulating-posts 9 is a support 19 for the gridiron 6, Fig. 4, shown inthe form of metal straps, one near each end of the box and shown carriedupon the posts 9 Beneath the gridironsupports 19 is a drip-pan 18, whichmay be passed through the front wall of the casing, Figs. 3 and at.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In an electric cooking apparatus, a casing, insulating-postssupported on each side of the casing in horizontal planes, electricalcoils supported by said posts, and hangers supported between the sidesof the casing and adapted to receive a broiling-iron, as and for thepurpose described.

2. In an electrical cooking apparatus, a casing, insulating-postssupported on each side of the casing in horizontal planes,securing-bolts for the posts, electrical coils supported by said posts,hangers supported by the posts securing-bolts and a broiling-ironslidable on the hangers as and for the purpose described.

3. In an electrical cooking apparatus, a casing, angle-pieces secured tothe Wall near each side and near the center, supports comprising plateshaving their edges bent out to form a pan-like inclosure, the edges ofsaid plate engaging the angle-pieces, posts secured to the supports,conductor-wires supported by the posts, a central support, posts andconductors on the support and hangers and pans in the spaces between theposts, as and for the purpose described.

4. In an electrical cooking apparatus, a casing containing suitableguides, supports comprising plates having their edges bent at an angle,posts and conductors carried thereby, a central support comprising aplate bent with two sides parallel and with inturned edges, posts and awire carried thereby and suitable hangers in the spaces between thesupports, as and for the purpose described.

' MAURICE BAYNO. Witnesses:

MORRIS WALZER, HENRY STORGK.

